Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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5493.000 Lagerstroemia
Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Description of the genus
Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or the upper alternate, simple. Inflorescences of showy flowers in axillary or terminal panicles. Calyx turbinate or hemispherical, usually 5-8-lobed; tube straight. Petals 5-8, clawed; limb often crinkled or fringed. Stamens numerous. Ovary 3-6-locular. Fruit a woody capsule, loculicidally dehiscent by 3-6 valves. Seeds winged. Derivation of name: After Magnus von Lagerström, 1696-1759, Swedish friend of Linnaeus Worldwide: 53 species from tropical Asia to Australia Zimbabwe: 3 cultivated taxa. |
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| Species | Content |
| indica L. | Description, Image |
| reginae Roxb. | |
| speciosa (L.) Pers. |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LagerstroemiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lagerstroemia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lagerstroemia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lagerstroemia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Lagerstroemia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lagerstroemia
JSTOR Plant Science: Lagerstroemia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lagerstroemia
Plants of the World Online: Lagerstroemia
Tropicos: Lagerstroemia
Wikipedia: Lagerstroemia
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